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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
16
Government taxes announced as slow to pay at the customs office. The list includes oleomargarine and butter products, cheese, flour, tobacco and cigar makers, cinema and theater proprietors, pawnshops, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, shooting galleries and riding academies. Penalties apply for delinquent payments, with uniforms worn by women and children amid poverty.
Milford board votes to hold a public hearing on an ordinance requiring outer covering over bathing suits on streets and public places. No gender spared. aim to curb exhibitionism by late offenders while preserving freedom of dress. Also discussed are parking rules on Daniel Street and Devon post office contract concerns with an aim to keep substation services. Community picnic plans for Girl Scouts and a large summer wedding in Woodmont conclude the local notices.
June notices describe summer plans by the South End Talent-Teachers association and Stratford residents. Ice cream for Sedgewick school children funds the playground project. garden parties, a G A R post lawn event, a high school graduation at the Congregational church, and street widening at Barnum and Main. Italian residents set July 16 for Our Lady of Carmel feast with a St James church parade and a family plant. Local residents return from visits and host gatherings.
Police launch a city wide search for Annin Lee Beverly a 70 year old woman missing from her Barnum Avenue home since Wednesday night. She left around seven o clock and has not been heard from despite officers using provided descriptions.
The Olympic band performed last night at Washington Park to a crowd of several thousand despite early rain. A fine program of concert music was played and dancing on the cement walks around the band stand lasted about an hour. Mrs. Joseph Fels of Philadelphia donated over a half million dollars for a fund to reconstruct the dewlisl cuatort home in Pilesting.
European observers note a wave of new fashion driven by athletic arms and legs among society women in Paris. Cartoons and social chatter spotlight the Jiggs influence and a trend toward fencing boxing horseback riding and swimming. The shift repels the traditional feminine ideal while stirring debate among Paris men and American society figures.
Alvin Mayer of Stamford admitted guilt to motor laws before Judge John R. Booth in the Criminal Court of Common Pleas. He was fined 35 dollars and costs totaling 43.94 dollars. Frek Geho of Moorwalk pleaded county to violation of the Quar laws and was fined 160 dollars.
Letters from readers praise Wincarnis as a tonic aiding nervous weakness and digestive problems after illness. Testimonies from Mrs Perkins, Mrs Gaasmann, and others claim improved digestion, steadier nerves, and rapid recovery from influenza. Product promoted with price, outlets, and free health hooklet.
A vintage advertisement extols Derwillo a stay there complexion booster used by actresses and millions. It claims long-lasting wear under heat and perspiration, promises a safe harmless formula with a money back guarantee, and notes availability at department store counters and druggists with imitators warned to avoid substitutes.
The current law permits a hour working day for women in Ines and a seventy hour working week in the state, with the longest cap set by state regulations.
The notice lists Cunard Anchor passenger and freight services from New York to Cherbourg and Southampton aboard ships including Berengaria and Aquitania with months and tentative dates. It names ports Madeira Gibraltar Algiers Monaco Naples Alexandria Rabus Constantinople Patras Trieste and others, along with sailing and posting dates.
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